Senior Account Manager, Account Management

2 Months ago • 8-8 Years • Marketing • $117,600 PA - $147,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Mattel seeks a Senior Account Manager to lead a multi-disciplinary team focused on Fisher-Price's integrated marketing communications (IMC). Responsibilities include driving strategic thought leadership, developing and executing marketing programs, collaborating with brand marketing and cross-functional teams, managing agency partners, and presenting to senior leadership. The role requires leading the development of creative briefs, managing tentpole programs, and ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget. Strong analytical and creative skills, along with exceptional leadership and communication abilities are crucial. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of experience in a related field, leading cross-functional teams.
Must have:
  • 8+ years marketing/advertising experience
  • Strategic thought leadership
  • Cross-functional team leadership
  • Strong analytical & creative skills
  • Exceptional communication skills

Job Details

Company Description

CREATIVITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER. It’s our heritage and it’s also our future. Because we don’t just make toys. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire fans, entertain audiences and develop children through play. Mattel is at its best when every member of our team feels respected, included, and heard—when everyone can show up as themselves and do their best work every day. We value and share an infinite range of ideas and voices that evolve and broaden our perspectives with a reach that extends into all our brands, partners, and suppliers.

The Team:

Mattel’s Integrated Marketing Communications Team is responsible for driving best-in-class strategic and creative thought leadership in the development and execution of best-in-class global marketing campaigns, activations and assets that consistently communicate the distinct and powerful identity of the Mattel IP across all internal and external touchpoints.

Job Description

The Opportunity: 

We are looking for a Sr. Manager, Account Management based in East Aurora, NY to lead a multi-disciplined account team across traditional and digital account services with a focus on the Fisher-Price brand.

What Your Impact Will Be: 

  • Leads Fisher-Price IMC pod, in tight collaboration with Brand Marketing, to drive end-to-end strategic thought leadership across all integrated marketing communications as the catalyst to inspire and unlock breakthrough marketing creative work.
  • Leads integrated marketing program development from conception to execution with minimal supervision.
  • Leads development, implementation and global adherence to Brand Foundation and Brand Identities to drive category and portfolio differentiation and global consistency.
  • Leads development of marketing tentpoles that will consist of cross-category promotions, collaborations and activations.
  • Collaborates with Brand Marketing to ensure clarity of understanding, clear prioritization and required inputs of Marketing briefs to intake into the pod via aligned and approved SLAs.
  • Leads cross-functional team in discovery process with Insight teams, media, marketing, and creative teams to mine for relevant insights, performance data and learning across category, consumer, competition, culture, and media landscape to uncover opportunities and challenges to translate and synthesize into a succinct and actionable marketing brief.
  • Oversees development of inspirational creative briefs that springboard creative development with rich, consumer-centric, idea-led territories that ignite cross-functional collaboration and ideation.
  • Collaborates daily with brand and product marketing and ecommerce teams to maintain thorough understanding of the business, influencing and being influenced by current market, category and brand dynamics.
  • Lead development and presentation of creative strategy and organizing idea to global markets and commercial teams for feedback and alignment at key stages of development, including pan-brand shopper campaigns.
  • Design and leads internal brainstorm and ideation sprints, in collaboration with relevant cross-functional partners, that yield actionable ideas to pursue.
  • Lead strategic and creative direction for external agency partners and vendors to ensure clarity and consistency of direction, efficiency and effectiveness of resources and, ultimately, ensure outcome meets business needs.
  • Leads development of annual/seasonal tentpole programs, such as retail programs, content-led activations, etc.
  • Partners with PR to drive consistent and compelling brand narratives that deliver measurable and mediable storytelling moments.
  • Lead development of regular updates to Senior and Executive leadership on project progress, as needed.
  • Proactively champion diversity and inclusivity across all marketing communications.
  • Partners with Brand Creative, Brand Marketing, Project Management and Production team to build annual and season scopes of work and production budgets.
  • Galvanizes cross functional team to nurture and amplify ideas, big and small.
  • Partners with Project Management to ensure that projects are delivered on time and on budget.

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For:

  • 8+ years in marketing, advertising, operations, or program management leading cross-functional teams
  • Strategic thought leader with ability to understand business pain points from Executive team and Key Stakeholders across all functions
  • Highly analytical and creative mind with ability to distill complex concepts and ideas into succinct solutions
  • Depth of understanding of industry, category, and media landscape
  • Strong interpersonal skills that encourage cooperation and problem solving
  • Possess a growth mindset, positive attitude and a passion to succeed in a fast-paced, matrixed organization
  • Inspiring, motivating, empathetic team leader
  • Relentless curiosity, creating a culture of insight and innovation
  • Demonstrated a growth mindset by staying curious and continuously learning, embracing challenges, and improving themselves.

The annual base salary range for this position is between $117,600 and $147,000.
**This range is indicative of projected hiring range, however annual base salary will be determined based on a candidate’s work location, skills and experience.

Additional Information

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Mattel we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

How We Work:

We are a purpose driven company aiming to empower generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential. We live up to our purpose employing the following behaviors:

  • We collaborate: Being a part of Mattel means being part of one team with shared values and common goals. Every person counts and working closely together always brings better results. Partnership is our process and our collective capabilities is our superpower.
  • We innovate: At Mattel we always aim to find new and better ways to create innovative products and experiences. No matter where you work in the organization, you can always make a difference and have real impact. We welcome new ideas and value new initiatives that challenge conventional thinking.
  • We execute: We are a performance-driven company. We strive for excellence and are focused on pursuing best-in-class outcomes. We believe in accountability and ownership and know that our people are at their best when they are empowered to create and deliver results.

Who We Are:

Mattel is a leading global toy and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world. We engage consumers and fans through our franchise brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, Thomas & Friends, UNO, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox, Monster High, MEGA and Polly Pocket, as well as other popular properties that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies. Our offerings include toys, content, consumer products, digital and live experiences. Our products are sold in collaboration with the world’s leading retail and ecommerce companies. Since its founding in 1945, Mattel is proud to be a trusted partner in empowering generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.

Mattel’s award-winning workplace culture has been recognized by Forbes, Fast Company, Newsweek, Great Place to Work, TIME, and more.

Visit us at https://jobs.mattel.com/ and www.instagram.com/MattelCareers.

Mattel is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer where we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day. We welcome all job seekers, and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran and protected veteran status, disability status, and or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment.

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About The Company

We empower generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.


We treat play as if the future depends on it — because it does. Play is our language, and we speak to our consumers authentically by representing the world as they see and imagine it.


Mattel is a leading global toy and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world. We engage consumers through our portfolio of iconic brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, Thomas & Friends, UNO, Masters of the Universe, Monster High and MEGA, as well as other popular intellectual properties that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies.

Our offerings include toys, content, consumer products, digital and live experiences. Our products are sold in collaboration with the world’s leading retail and ecommerce companies.


Mattel is recognized as a Great Place to Work™ and as one of Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators.

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